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Opposition to Canso spaceport grows

“The government of Nova Scotia and the government of Canada are partnering with a dubious, nearly-bankrupt Ukrainian company using Cold-war technology," says Michael Byers, an expert in space law.

August 5, 2019 By Joan Baxter 5 Comments

I hadn’t even made it into Canso when I happened upon the first person willing and eager to speak her mind on the proposed spaceport that Maritime Launch Services wants to construct in the picturesque community at the very end of Highway 16, an area that boasts spectacular coastline, one ocean-side provincial park and another […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Action Against Canso Spaceport (AACS), Alicia Rhynold, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), Canso Area Development Association (CADA), Canso spaceport, Chris Surette, Chrystia Freeland, Divya Shah, Don Bowser, Geraint Breeze, Harold Roberts, hydrazine, Jan-Sebastian La Pierre, Jean-Frédéric Lafaille, Jim Geddes, John Hearn, John Isella, June Jarvis, Karen McKendry, Katherine O'Halloran, Marie Lumsden, Maritime Launch Services (MLS), Michael Byers, Minister Catherine McKenna, Minister Gordon Wilson, Minister Lloyd Hines, Minister Margaret Miller, MP Alaina Lockhart, MP Darren Fisher, MP Roger Cuzner, MP Sean Fraser, Ray White, spaceport lobbying, Steve Matier, Sussex Strategy Group, United Paradyne, Yuzhmash, Yuzhnoye

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

Click here to go to the DEAD WRONG home page.

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